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Schlaich A, Daldrop JO, Kowalik B, Kanduč M, Schneck E, Netz RR. Water Structuring Induces Nonuniversal Hydration Repulsion between Polar Surfaces: Quantitative Comparison between Molecular Simulations, Theory, and Experiments. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:7896-7906. [PMID: 38578930 PMCID: PMC11025125 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Polar surfaces in water typically repel each other at close separations, even if they are charge-neutral. This so-called hydration repulsion balances the van der Waals attraction and gives rise to a stable nanometric water layer between the polar surfaces. The resulting hydration water layer is crucial for the properties of concentrated suspensions of lipid membranes and hydrophilic particles in biology and technology, but its origin is unclear. It has been suggested that surface-induced molecular water structuring is responsible for the hydration repulsion, but a quantitative proof of this water-structuring hypothesis is missing. To gain an understanding of the mechanism causing hydration repulsion, we perform molecular simulations of different planar polar surfaces in water. Our simulated hydration forces between phospholipid bilayers agree perfectly with experiments, validating the simulation model and methods. For the comparison with theory, it is important to split the simulated total surface interaction force into a direct contribution from surface-surface molecular interactions and an indirect water-mediated contribution. We find the indirect hydration force and the structural water-ordering profiles from the simulations to be in perfect agreement with the predictions from theoretical models that account for the surface-induced water ordering, which strongly supports the water-structuring hypothesis for the hydration force. However, the comparison between the simulations for polar surfaces with different headgroup architectures reveals significantly different decay lengths of the indirect water-mediated hydration-force, which for laterally homogeneous water structuring would imply different bulk-water properties. We conclude that laterally inhomogeneous water ordering, induced by laterally inhomogeneous surface structures, shapes the hydration repulsion between polar surfaces in a decisive manner. Thus, the indirect water-mediated part of the hydration repulsion is caused by surface-induced water structuring but is surface-specific and thus nonuniversal.
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- Alexander Schlaich
- Stuttgart
Center for Simulation Science (SC SimTech), University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute
for Computational Physics, University of
Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department
of Theoretical Physics, Jožef Stefan
Institute, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institut
für Physik Kondensierter Materie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 8, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Saak CM, Dreier LB, Machel K, Bonn M, Backus EHG. Biological lipid hydration: distinct mechanisms of interfacial water alignment and charge screening for model lipid membranes. Faraday Discuss 2024; 249:317-333. [PMID: 37795538 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00117b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Studying lipid monolayers as model biological membranes, we demonstrate that water molecules interfacing with different model membranes can display preferential orientation for two distinct reasons: due to charges on the membrane, and due to large dipole fields resulting from zwitterionic headgroups. This preferential water orientation caused by the charge or the dipolar field can be effectively neutralized to net-zero water orientation by introducing monolayer counter-charges (i.e. lipids with oppositely charged headgroups). Following the Gouy-Chapman model, the effect of monolayer surface charge on water orientation is furthermore strongly dependent on the electrolyte concentration and thus on the counterions in solution. In contrast, the effect of ions in the subphase on the dipolar alignment of water is zero. As a result, the capability of monolayer counter-charges to null the effect of dipolar orientation is strongly electrolyte-dependent. Notably, the different effects are additive for mixed charged/zwitterionic lipid systems occurring in nature. Specifically, for an E. coli lipid membrane extract consisting of both zwitterionic and negatively charged lipids, the water orientation can be explained by the sum of the constituents. Our results can be quantitatively reproduced using Gouy-Chapman theory, revealing the relatively straightforward electrostatic effects on the hydration of complex membrane interfaces.
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- Clara-Magdalena Saak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 42, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
- Graduate School of Materials Science in Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 42, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Hernández-Galván G, Mercado-Uribe H. Dehydration of biological membranes in a non-condensing environment. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:9173-9178. [PMID: 37991897 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01181j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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The study of the dehydration process in a cell membrane allows a better understanding of how water is bound to it. While in prior studies, cell dehydration was commonly analyzed under osmotic stress conditions, in the present work, we focus on the dehydration driven by evaporation in a restricted condensing environment. Using a thermogravimetry method, we studied the dehydration of Escherichia coli through isothermal evaporation in the presence of a gas flux. To figure out the loss of mass in this situation, we first evaluated the dynamics of water evaporation of a suspension of multilamellar liposomes. We found that the evaporation of liposomal suspensions composed of individual lipids is constant, although slightly restricted by the presence of liposomes, while the evaporation of liposomal suspensions composed of a mixture of different lipids follows an exponential decay. This is explained considering that the internal pressure at the air-water interface is proportional to the amount of bound water. The evaporation of water from a biomass sample follows this latter behaviour.
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- CINVESTAV-Monterrey, PIIT, Apodaca, Nuevo León, 66600, Mexico.
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Clarke RJ. Electrostatic switch mechanisms of membrane protein trafficking and regulation. Biophys Rev 2023; 15:1967-1985. [PMID: 38192346 PMCID: PMC10771482 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-023-01166-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Lipid-protein interactions are normally classified as either specific or general. Specific interactions refer to lipid binding to specific binding sites within a membrane protein, thereby modulating the protein's thermal stability or kinetics. General interactions refer to indirect effects whereby lipids affect membrane proteins by modulating the membrane's physical properties, e.g., its fluidity, thickness, or dipole potential. It is not widely recognized that there is a third distinct type of lipid-protein interaction. Intrinsically disordered N- or C-termini of membrane proteins can interact directly but nonspecifically with the surrounding membrane. Many peripheral membrane proteins are held to the cytoplasmic surface of the plasma membrane via a cooperative combination of two forces: hydrophobic anchoring and electrostatic attraction. An acyl chain, e.g., myristoyl, added post-translationally to one of the protein's termini inserts itself into the lipid matrix and helps hold peripheral membrane proteins onto the membrane. Electrostatic attraction occurs between positively charged basic amino acid residues (lysine and arginine) on one of the protein's terminal tails and negatively charged phospholipid head groups, such as phosphatidylserine. Phosphorylation of either serine or tyrosine residues on the terminal tails via regulatory protein kinases allows for an electrostatic switch mechanism to control trafficking of the protein. Kinase action reduces the positive charge on the protein's tail, weakening the electrostatic attraction and releasing the protein from the membrane. A similar mechanism regulates many integral membrane proteins, but here only electrostatic interactions are involved, and the electrostatic switch modulates protein activity by altering the stabilities of different protein conformational states.
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- Ronald J. Clarke
- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
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Ermakov YA. Electric Fields at the Lipid Membrane Interface. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:883. [PMID: 37999369 PMCID: PMC10673053 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13110883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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This review presents a comprehensive analysis of electric field distribution at the water-lipid membrane interface in the context of its relationship to various biochemical problems. The main attention is paid to the methodological aspects of bioelectrochemical techniques and quantitative analysis of electrical phenomena caused by the ionization and hydration of the membrane-water interface associated with the phase state of lipids. One of the objectives is to show the unique possibility of controlling changes in the structure of the lipid bilayer initiated by various membrane-active agents that results in electrostatic phenomena at the surface of lipid models of biomembranes-liposomes, planar lipid bilayer membranes (BLMs) and monolayers. A set of complicated experimental facts revealed in different years is analyzed here in order of increasing complexity: from the adsorption of biologically significant inorganic ions and phase rearrangements in the presence of multivalent cations to the adsorption and incorporation of pharmacologically significant compounds into the lipid bilayer, and formation of the layers of macromolecules of different types.
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- Yury A Ermakov
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
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Rokitskaya TI, Khailova LS, Korshunova GA, Antonenko YN. Efficiency of mitochondrial uncoupling by modified butyltriphenylphosphonium cations and fatty acids correlates with lipophilicity of cations: Protonophoric vs leakage mechanisms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2023; 1865:184183. [PMID: 37286154 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In order to determine the share of protonophoric activity in the uncoupling action of lipophilic cations a number of analogues of butyltriphenylphosphonium with substitutions in phenyl rings (C4TPP-X) were studied on isolated rat liver mitochondria and model lipid membranes. An increase in the rate of respiration and a decrease in the membrane potential of isolated mitochondria were observed for all the studied cations, the efficiency of these processes was significantly enhanced in the presence of fatty acids and correlated with the octanol-water partition coefficient of the cations. The ability of C4TPP-X cations to induce proton transport across the lipid membrane of liposomes loaded with a pH-sensitive fluorescent dye increased also with their lipophilicity and depended on the presence of palmitic acid in the liposome membrane. Of all the cations, only butyl[tri(3,5-dimethylphenyl)]phosphonium (C4TPP-diMe) was able to induce proton transport by the mechanism of formation of a cation-fatty acid ion pair on planar bilayer lipid membranes and liposomes. The rate of oxygen consumption by mitochondria in the presence of C4TPP-diMe increased to the maximum values corresponding to conventional uncouplers; for all other cations the maximum uncoupling rates were significantly lower. We assume that the studied cations of the C4TPP-X series, with the exception of C4TPP-diMe at low concentrations, cause nonspecific leak of ions through lipid model and biological membranes which is significantly enhanced in the presence of fatty acids.
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- Tatyana I Rokitskaya
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Efimova SS, Ostroumova OS. Modulation of the Dipole Potential of Model Lipid Membranes with Phytochemicals: Molecular Mechanisms, Structure-Activity Relationships, and Implications in Reconstituted Ion Channels. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:453. [PMID: 37103880 PMCID: PMC10141572 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13040453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Phytochemicals, such as flavonoids, stilbenoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, and related compounds, have a wide range of useful pharmacological properties which cannot be ascribed to binding to a single peptide or protein target alone. Due to the relatively high lipophilicity of phytochemicals, the lipid membrane is thought to mediate their effects via changes in the properties of the lipid matrix, in particular, by modulating the transmembrane distribution of the electrical potential and, consequently, the formation and functioning of the ion channels reconstituted in the lipid bilayers. Therefore, biophysical studies on the interactions between plant metabolites and model lipid membranes are still of interest. This review represents an attempt to provide a critical analysis of a variety of studies on altering membranes and ion channels with phytochemicals via disturbing the potential drop at the membrane-aqueous solution interface. Critical structural motifs and functioning groups in the molecules of plant polyphenols (alkaloids and saponins are identified) and the possible mechanisms of dipole potential modulation with phytochemicals are discussed.
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Zimmerberg J, Soubias O, Pastor RW. Special issue for Klaus Gawrisch. Biophys J 2023; 122:E1-E8. [PMID: 36921597 PMCID: PMC10111273 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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- Joshua Zimmerberg
- Section on Integrative Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Macromolecular NMR Section, Center for Structural Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Computational Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Salimova EV, Mozgovoj OS, Efimova SS, Ostroumova OS, Parfenova LV. 3-Amino-Substituted Analogues of Fusidic Acid as Membrane-Active Antibacterial Compounds. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:309. [PMID: 36984696 PMCID: PMC10056636 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13030309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Fusidic acid (FA) is an antibiotic with high activity against Staphylococcus aureus; it has been used in clinical practice since the 1960s. However, the narrow antimicrobial spectrum of FA limits its application in the treatment of bacterial infections. In this regard, this work aims both at the study of the antimicrobial effect of a number of FA amines and at the identification of their potential biological targets. In this way, FA analogues containing aliphatic and aromatic amino groups and biogenic polyamine, spermine and spermidine, moieties at the C-3 atom, were synthesized (20 examples). Pyrazinecarboxamide-substituted analogues exhibit a high antibacterial activity against S. aureus (MRSA) with MIC ≤ 0.25 μg/mL. Spermine and spermidine derivatives, along with activity against S. aureus, also inhibit the growth and reproduction of Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and have a high fungicidal effect against Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans. The study of the membrane activity demonstrated that the spermidine- and spermine-containing compounds are able to immerse into membranes and disorder the lipidsleading to a detergent effect. Moreover, spermine-based compounds are also able to form ion-permeable pores in the lipid bilayers mimicking the bacterial membranes. Using molecular docking, inhibition of the protein synthesis elongation factor EF-G was proposed, and polyamine substituents were shown to make the greatest contribution to the stability of the complexes of fusidic acid derivatives with biological targets. This suggests that the antibacterial effect of the obtained compounds may be associated with both membrane activity and inhibition of the elongation factor EF-G.
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- Elena V. Salimova
- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 141 Prospect Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, Russia
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 141 Prospect Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Prospect, 194064 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Prospect, 194064 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 141 Prospect Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, Russia
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Weichselbaum E, Galimzyanov T, Batishchev OV, Akimov SA, Pohl P. Proton Migration on Top of Charged Membranes. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13020352. [PMID: 36830721 PMCID: PMC9953355 DOI: 10.3390/biom13020352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Proton relay between interfacial water molecules allows rapid two-dimensional diffusion. An energy barrier, ΔGr‡, opposes proton-surface-to-bulk release. The ΔGr‡-regulating mechanism thus far has remained unknown. Here, we explored the effect interfacial charges have on ΔGr‡'s enthalpic and entropic constituents, ΔGH‡ and ΔGS‡, respectively. A light flash illuminating a micrometer-sized membrane patch of a free-standing planar lipid bilayer released protons from an adsorbed hydrophobic caged compound. A lipid-anchored pH-sensitive dye reported protons' arrival at a distant membrane patch. Introducing net-negative charges to the bilayer doubled ΔGH‡, while positive net charges decreased ΔGH‡. The accompanying variations in ΔGS‡ compensated for the ΔGH‡ modifications so that ΔGr‡ was nearly constant. The increase in the entropic component of the barrier is most likely due to the lower number and strength of hydrogen bonds known to be formed by positively charged residues as compared to negatively charged moieties. The resulting high ΔGr‡ ensured interfacial proton diffusion for all measured membranes. The observation indicates that the variation in membrane surface charge alone is a poor regulator of proton traffic along the membrane surface.
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- Ewald Weichselbaum
- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Quantum Technologies, National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Quantum Technologies, National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria
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Chernyshova DN, Tyulin AA, Ostroumova OS, Efimova SS. Discovery of the Potentiator of the Pore-Forming Ability of Lantibiotic Nisin: Perspectives for Anticancer Therapy. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12111166. [PMID: 36422158 PMCID: PMC9694817 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12111166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This study was focused on the action of lantibiotic nisin on the phospholipid membranes. Nisin did not produce ion-permeable pores in the membranes composed of DOPC or DOPE. The introduction of DOPS into bilayer lipid composition led to a decrease in the threshold detergent concentration of nisin. An addition of nisin to DOPG- and TOCL-enriched bilayers caused the formation of well-defined ion pores of various conductances. The transmembrane macroscopic current increased with the second power of the lantibiotic aqueous concentration, suggesting that the dimer of nisin was at least involved in the formation of conductive subunit. The pore-forming ability of lantibiotic decreased in the series: DOPC/TOCL ≈ DOPE/TOCL >> DOPC/DOPG ≥ DOPE/DOPG. The preferential interaction of nisin to cardiolipin-enriched bilayers might explain its antitumor activity by pore-formation in mitochondrial membranes. Small natural molecules, phloretin and capsaicin, were found to potentiate the membrane activity of nisin in the TOCL-containing membranes. The effect was referred to as changes in the membrane boundary potential at the adsorption of small molecules. We concluded that the compounds diminishing the membrane boundary potential should be considered as the potentiator of the nisin pore-forming ability that can be used to develop innovative formulations for anticancer therapy.
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Paul T, Saha J. Domain formation in model lipid–cholesterol liquid-crystalline aggregation. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2022.2134567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- T. Paul
- Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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Chatterjee A, Purkayastha P. Events at the Interface: How Do Interfaces Modulate the Dynamics and Functionalities of Guest Molecules? LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:12415-12420. [PMID: 36196476 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chemical and biological interfaces are of various types, which could be between two materials of the same and/or different states, two phases of the same material, biological substrates and the outer environment, surfactant or polymeric membranes and the bulk, and so forth. Small-molecule guests frequently interact with such interfaces that decide their functionalities. The structural and behavioral properties undergo considerable characteristic changes, which control their final course of action in the targeted application. This Perspective will discuss mainly the chemical interfaces constituted by the surfactants, polymers, lipids, and nucleic acids and their impacts on the dynamics of small-molecule guests. Some specific and interesting phenomena and future prospects will be elucidated in this Perspective.
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- Arunavo Chatterjee
- Department of Chemical Sciences and Center for Advanced Functional Materials, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, WB India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Center for Advanced Functional Materials, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, WB India
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Chromone-Containing Allylmorpholines Influence Ion Channels in Lipid Membranes via Dipole Potential and Packing Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911554. [PMID: 36232854 PMCID: PMC9570167 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Herein, we report that chromone-containing allylmorpholines can affect ion channels formed by pore-forming antibiotics in model lipid membranes, which correlates with their ability to influence membrane boundary potential and lipid-packing stress. At 100 µg/mL, allylmorpholines 1, 6, 7, and 8 decrease the boundary potential of the bilayers composed of palmitoyloleoylphosphocholine (POPC) by about 100 mV. At the same time, the compounds do not affect the zeta-potential of POPC liposomes, but reduce the membrane dipole potential by 80-120 mV. The allylmorpholine-induced drop in the dipole potential produce 10-30% enhancement in the conductance of gramicidin A channels. Chromone-containing allylmorpholines also affect the thermotropic behavior of dipalmytoylphosphocholine (DPPC), abolishing the pretransition, lowering melting cooperativity, and turning the main phase transition peak into a multicomponent profile. Compounds 4, 6, 7, and 8 are able to decrease DPPC's melting temperature by about 0.5-1.9 °C. Moreover, derivative 7 is shown to increase the temperature of transition of palmitoyloleoylphosphoethanolamine from lamellar to inverted hexagonal phase. The effects on lipid-phase transitions are attributed to the changes in the spontaneous curvature stress. Alterations in lipid packing induced by allylmorpholines are believed to potentiate the pore-forming ability of amphotericin B and gramicidin A by several times.
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Nishida K, Anada T, Tanaka M. Roles of interfacial water states on advanced biomedical material design. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 186:114310. [PMID: 35487283 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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When biomedical materials come into contact with body fluids, the first reaction that occurs on the material surface is hydration; proteins are then adsorbed and denatured on the hydrated material surface. The amount and degree of denaturation of adsorbed proteins affect subsequent cell behavior, including cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Biomolecules are important for understanding the interactions and biological reactions of biomedical materials to elucidate the role of hydration in biomedical materials and their interaction partners. Analysis of the water states of hydrated materials is complicated and remains controversial; however, knowledge about interfacial water is useful for the design and development of advanced biomaterials. Herein, we summarize recent findings on the hydration of synthetic polymers, supramolecular materials, inorganic materials, proteins, and lipid membranes. Furthermore, we present recent advances in our understanding of the classification of interfacial water and advanced polymer biomaterials, based on the intermediate water concept.
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- Kei Nishida
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu university, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan(1)
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu university, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu university, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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Sarkar P, Chattopadhyay A. Membrane Dipole Potential: An Emerging Approach to Explore Membrane Organization and Function. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:4415-4430. [PMID: 35696090 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c02476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Biological membranes are complex organized molecular assemblies of lipids and proteins that provide cells and membrane-bound intracellular organelles their individual identities by morphological compartmentalization. Membrane dipole potential originates from the electrostatic potential difference within the membrane due to the nonrandom arrangement (orientation) of amphiphile and solvent (water) dipoles at the membrane interface. In this Feature Article, we will focus on the measurement of dipole potential using electrochromic fluorescent probes and highlight interesting applications. In addition, we will focus on ratiometric fluorescence microscopic imaging technique to measure dipole potential in cellular membranes, a technique that can be used to address novel problems in cell biology which are otherwise difficult to address using available approaches. We envision that membrane dipole potential could turn out to be a convenient tool in exploring the complex interplay between membrane lipids and proteins and could provide novel insights in membrane organization and function.
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- Parijat Sarkar
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Barta T, Sandtner W, Wachlmayr J, Hannesschlaeger C, Ebert A, Speletz A, Horner A. Modeling of SGLT1 in Reconstituted Systems Reveals Apparent Ion-Dependencies of Glucose Uptake and Strengthens the Notion of Water-Permeable Apo States. Front Physiol 2022; 13:874472. [PMID: 35784872 PMCID: PMC9242095 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.874472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The reconstitution of secondary active transporters into liposomes shed light on their molecular transport mechanism. The latter are either symporters, antiporters or exchangers, which use the energy contained in the electrochemical gradient of ions to fuel concentrative uptake of their cognate substrate. In liposomal preparations, these gradients can be set by the experimenter. However, due to passive diffusion of the ions and solutes through the membrane, the gradients are not stable and little is known on the time course by which they dissipate and how the presence of a transporter affects this process. Gradient dissipation can also generate a transmembrane potential (VM). Because it is the effective ion gradient, which together with VM fuels concentrative uptake, knowledge on how these parameters change within the time frame of the conducted experiment is key to understanding experimental outcomes. Here, we addressed this problem by resorting to a modelling approach. To this end, we mathematically modeled the liposome in the assumed presence and absence of the sodium glucose transporter 1 (SGLT1). We show that 1) the model can prevent us from reaching erroneous conclusions on the driving forces of substrate uptake and we 2) demonstrate utility of the model in the assignment of the states of SGLT1, which harbor a water channel.
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- Thomas Barta
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Membrane Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology and the Gaston H. Glock Research Laboratories for Exploratory Drug Development, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Membrane Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Membrane Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Analytical Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Membrane Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Membrane Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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Maer AM, Rusinova R, Providence LL, Ingólfsson HI, Collingwood SA, Lundbæk JA, Andersen OS. Regulation of Gramicidin Channel Function Solely by Changes in Lipid Intrinsic Curvature. Front Physiol 2022; 13:836789. [PMID: 35350699 PMCID: PMC8957996 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.836789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Membrane protein function is regulated by the lipid bilayer composition. In many cases the changes in function correlate with changes in the lipid intrinsic curvature (c 0), and c 0 is considered a determinant of protein function. Yet, water-soluble amphiphiles that cause either negative or positive changes in curvature have similar effects on membrane protein function, showing that changes in lipid bilayer properties other than c 0 are important-and may be dominant. To further investigate the mechanisms underlying the bilayer regulation of protein function, we examined how maneuvers that alter phospholipid head groups effective "size"-and thereby c 0-alter gramicidin (gA) channel function. Using dioleoylphospholipids and planar bilayers, we varied the head groups' physical volume and the electrostatic repulsion among head groups (and thus their effective size). When 1,2-dioleyol-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC), was replaced by 1,2-dioleyol-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) with a smaller head group (causing a more negative c 0), the channel lifetime (τ) is decreased. When the pH of the solution bathing a 1,2-dioleyol-sn-glycero-3-phosphoserine (DOPS) bilayer is decreased from 7 to 3 (causing decreased head group repulsion and a more negative c 0), τ is decreased. When some DOPS head groups are replaced by zwitterionic head groups, τ is similarly decreased. These effects do not depend on the sign of the change in surface charge. In DOPE:DOPC (3:1) bilayers, pH changes from 5→9 to 5→0 (both increasing head group electrostatic repulsion, thereby causing a less negative c 0) both increase τ. Nor do the effects depend on the use of planar, hydrocarbon-containing bilayers, as similar changes were observed in hydrocarbon-free lipid vesicles. Altering the interactions among phospholipid head groups may alter also other bilayer properties such as thickness or elastic moduli. Such changes could be excluded using capacitance measurements and single channel measurements on gA channels of different lengths. We conclude that changes gA channel function caused by changes in head group effective size can be predicted from the expected changes in c 0.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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Rate of translocation across lipid bilayer of triphenylphosphonium-linked salinomycin derivatives contributes significantly to their K+/H+exchange activity on membranes. Bioelectrochemistry 2022; 145:108089. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rokitskaya TI, Aleksandrova EV, Korshunova GA, Khailova LS, Tashlitsky VN, Luzhkov VB, Antonenko YN. Membrane Permeability of Modified Butyltriphenylphosphonium Cations. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:412-422. [PMID: 34994564 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c08135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The alkyltriphenylphosphonium (TPP) group is the most widely used vector targeted to mitochondria. Previously, the length of the alkyl linker was varied as well as structural modifications in the TPP phenyl rings to obtain the optimal therapeutic effect of a pharmacophore conjugated with a lipophilic cation. In the present work, we synthesized butyltriphenylphosphonium cations halogenated and methylated in phenyl rings (C4TPP-X) and measured electrical current through a planar lipid bilayer in the presence of C4TPP-X. The permeability of C4TPP-X varied in the range of 6 orders of magnitude and correlates well with the previously measured translocation rate constant for dodecyltriphenylphosphonium analogues. The partition coefficient of the butyltriphenylphosphonium analogues obtained by calculating the difference in the free energy of cation solvation in water and octane using quantum chemical methods correlates well with the permeability values. Using an ion-selective electrode, a lower degree of accumulation of analogues with halogenated phenyl groups was found on isolated mitochondria of rat liver, which is in agreement with their permeability decrease. Our results indicate the translocation of the butyltriphenylphosphonium cations across the hydrophobic membrane core as rate-limiting stage in the permeability process rather than their binding/release to/from the membrane.
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- Tatyana I Rokitskaya
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Kinetics of Chemical and Biological Processes, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, acad. Semenov av. 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia.,Department of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Kotova EA, Antonenko YN. Fifty Years of Research on Protonophores: Mitochondrial Uncoupling As a Basis for Therapeutic Action. Acta Naturae 2022; 14:4-13. [PMID: 35441048 PMCID: PMC9013436 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Protonophores are compounds capable of electrogenic transport of protons across
membranes. Protonophores have been intensively studied over the past 50 years
owing to their ability to uncouple oxidation and phosphorylation in
mitochondria and chloroplasts. The action mechanism of classical uncouplers,
such as DNP and CCCP, in mitochondria is believed to be related to their
protonophoric activity; i.e., their ability to transfer protons across the
lipid part of the mitochondrial membrane. Given the recently revealed
deviations in the correlation between the protonophoric activity of some
uncouplers and their ability to stimulate mitochondrial respiration, this
review addresses the involvement of some proteins of the inner mitochondrial
membrane, such as the ATP/ADP antiporter, dicarboxylate carrier, and ATPase, in
the uncoupling process. However, these deviations do not contradict the
Mitchell theory but point to a more complex nature of the interaction of DNP,
CCCP, and other uncouplers with mitochondrial membranes. Therefore, a detailed
investigation of the action mechanism of uncouplers is required for a more
successful pharmacological use, including their antibacterial, antiviral,
anticancer, as well as cardio-, neuro-, and nephroprotective effects.
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- E. A. Kotova
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia
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Zakharova AA, Efimova SS, Ostroumova OS. Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors Greatly Affect Physicochemical Properties of Model Lipid Membranes. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11110893. [PMID: 34832122 PMCID: PMC8622654 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11110893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Although phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors are widely used and well-studied drugs, the potential benefits of their application in the treatment of various diseases and new drug delivery systems, including liposome forms, are still being discussed. In this regard, the role of the lipid matrix of cell membranes in the pharmacological action of the inhibitors is of special interest. It was shown that sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil caused a significant decrease in the boundary potential of model membranes composed of palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine or its mixture with cholesterol, by 70–80 mV. The reduction in the membrane dipole potential induced by inhibitors led to a 20–25% increase in the conductance of cation-selective pores formed by the antimicrobial peptide gramicidin A. The addition of sildenafil or vardenafil also led to a significant decrease in the temperature of the main phase transition of dipalmytoylphosphatidylcholine, by about 1.5 °C, while tadalafil did not change the melting temperature. Sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil enhanced the pore-forming activity of the antifungal polyene antibiotic nystatin by 11, 13, and 2 times, respectively. This fact might indicate the induction of membrane curvature stress by the inhibitors. The data obtained might be of special interest for the development of lipid-mediated forms of drugs.
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The evolution of lipids in nanoscience exemplifies the powerful coupling of advances in science and technology. Here, we describe two waves of discovery and innovation in lipid materials: one historical and one still building. The first wave leveraged the relatively simple capability for lipids to orient at interfaces, building layers of functional groups. This simple form of building with atoms yielded a stunning range of technologies: lubricant additives that dramatically extended machine lifetimes, molecules that enabled selective ore extraction in mining, and soaps that improved human health. It also set the stage for many areas of modern nanoscience. The second wave of lipid materials, still growing, uses the more complex toolkits lipids offer for building with atoms, including controlling atomic environment to control function (e.g., pKa tuning) and the generation of more arbitrary two-dimensional and three-dimensional structures, including lipid nanoparticles for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
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- Anni Shi
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Malik S, Debnath A. Dehydration induced dynamical heterogeneity and ordering mechanism of lipid bilayers. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:174904. [PMID: 34241050 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Understanding the influence of dehydration on the membrane structure is crucial to control membrane functionality related to domain formation and cell fusion under anhydrobiosis conditions. To this end, we perform all-atom molecular dynamic simulations of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine lipid membranes at different hydration levels at 308 K. As dehydration increases, the lipid area per head group decreases with an increase in bilayer thickness and lipid order parameters indicating bilayer ordering. Concurrently, translational and rotational dynamics of interfacial water (IW) molecules near membranes slow down. On the onset of bilayer ordering, the IW molecules exhibit prominent features of dynamical heterogeneity evident from non-Gaussian parameters and one-dimensional van Hove correlation functions. At a fully hydrated state, diffusion constants (D) of the IW follow a scaling relation, D∼τα -1, where the α relaxation time (τα) is obtained from self-intermediate scattering functions. However, upon dehydration, the relation breaks and the D of the IW follows a power law behavior as D∼τα -0.57, showing the signature of glass dynamics. τα and hydrogen bond lifetime calculated from intermittent hydrogen bond auto-correlation functions undergo a similar crossover in association with bilayer ordering on dehydration. The bilayer ordering is accompanied with an increase in fraction of caged lipids spanned over the bilayer surface and a decrease in fraction of mobile lipids due to the non-diffusive dynamics. Our analyses reveal that the microscopic mechanism of lipid ordering by dehydration is governed by dynamical heterogeneity. The fundamental understanding from this study can be applied to complex bio-membranes to trap functionally relevant gel-like domains at room temperature.
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- Sheeba Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwad, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwad, Rajasthan, India
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Shen H, Wu Z, Lu C. Extension of the CAVS model to the simulation of helical peptides in a membrane environment. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:12850-12863. [PMID: 34060579 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01238j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Considering the effect of peptide insertion on the dipole potential of the lipid membrane, we extend the CAVS coarse-grained (CG) model to the simulation of helical peptides in a membrane environment. In this approach, the CG scheme for a peptide backbone is similar to the treatment in the united-atom model, while we treated the side chain of an amino acid by grouping 1-3 heavy atoms into a CG unit. The CAVS CG force field for peptides is optimized by reproducing the experimental results for the backbone (φ, ψ) distribution and predicting the PMF profiles of transferring organic molecules in a lipid bilayer membrane obtained from all-atom simulations. The CAVS simulation of a helical peptide in a phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipid bilayer revealed that the insertion of a peptide increases the dipole potential of the PC lipid bilayer, in which the peptide and its neutralized ions make a significant contribution. Finally, we carried out the CAVS simulation for five different helical peptides in the PC lipid bilayer to explore the behavior of peptide tilt, showing excellent agreement with the all-atom simulations. Our work suggests that the peptide tilt should relieve the deformation stress from the lipid bilayer, and the peptide aggregation could reduce the peptide tilt by resisting the deformation stress from the surrounding lipids.
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- Hujun Shen
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China.
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China.
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Is the Membrane Lipid Matrix a Key Target for Action of Pharmacologically Active Plant Saponins? Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063167. [PMID: 33804648 PMCID: PMC8003763 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This study was focused on the molecular mechanisms of action of saponins and related compounds (sapogenins and alkaloids) on model lipid membranes. Steroids and triterpenes were tested. A systematic analysis of the effects of these chemicals on the physicochemical properties of the lipid bilayers and on the formation and functionality of the reconstituted ion channels induced by antimicrobial agents was performed. It was found that digitonin, tribulosin, and dioscin substantially reduced the boundary potential of the phosphatidylcholine membranes. We concluded that saponins might affect the membrane boundary potential by restructuring the membrane hydration layer. Moreover, an increase in the conductance and lifetime of gramicidin A channels in the presence of tribulosin was due to an alteration in the membrane dipole potential. Differential scanning microcalorimetry data indicated the key role of the sapogenin core structure (steroid or triterpenic) in affecting lipid melting and disordering. We showed that an alteration in pore forming activity of syringomycin E by dioscin might be due to amendments in the lipid packing. We also found that the ability of saponins to disengage the fluorescent marker calcein from lipid vesicles might be also determined by their ability to induce a positive curvature stress.
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de Lange N, Kleijn JM, Leermakers FAM. Structural and mechanical parameters of lipid bilayer membranes using a lattice refined self-consistent field theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:5152-5175. [PMID: 33624676 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05597b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The self-consistent field theory of Scheutjens and Fleer is implemented on a grid with (lattice) sites that are smaller than the segment size. In this quasi lattice-free implementation we consider united atom-like molecular models and study bilayer self-assembly of phospholipids in a selective solvent (water). We find structural as well as mechanical parameters for these bilayers. The mean (κ) and Gaussian ([small kappa, Greek, macron]) bending moduli, as well as the spontaneous curvature of the monolayer (Jm0), are computed for the first time following a grand canonical ensemble route. Results are in line with previous estimates for mechanical parameters that at the time could not be made following this correct route. This proves that the mean bending modulus is only a very weak function of the membrane tension. We performed a systematic study on the effects of model parameter variations. The mean bending modulus generally grows with increasing bilayer thickness. As expected Jm0 and [small kappa, Greek, macron] behave oppositely with respect to each other and for classical phospholipids assumes values near zero. As an example, an increase in the lipophilic to hydrophilic ratio in the lipids, may cause the Gaussian bending rigidity to switch sign from negative to positive, while - not necessarily at the same point - the spontaneous curvature of the monolayer may switch sign from positive to negative. Together with other investigated trends, these results point to mechanisms of how topological phase transitions of the lipid bilayer membranes may be regulated in the biological context, which correlates with known lipid phase behaviour.
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- N de Lange
- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research Center, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research Center, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research Center, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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de Matos AM, Blázquez-Sánchez MT, Sousa C, Oliveira MC, de Almeida RFM, Rauter AP. C-Glucosylation as a tool for the prevention of PAINS-induced membrane dipole potential alterations. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4443. [PMID: 33627687 PMCID: PMC7904931 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83032-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The concept of Pan-Assay Interference Compounds (PAINS) is regarded as a threat to the recognition of the broad bioactivity of natural products. Based on the established relationship between altered membrane dipole potential and transmembrane protein conformation and function, we investigate here polyphenols' ability to induce changes in cell membrane dipole potential. Ultimately, we are interested in finding a tool to prevent polyphenol PAINS-type behavior and produce compounds less prone to untargeted and promiscuous interactions with the cell membrane. Di-8-ANEPPS fluorescence ratiometric measurements suggest that planar lipophilic polyphenols-phloretin, genistein and resveratrol-act by decreasing membrane dipole potential, especially in cholesterol-rich domains such as lipid rafts, which play a role in important cellular processes. These results provide a mechanism for their labelling as PAINS through their ability to disrupt cell membrane homeostasis. Aiming to explore the role of C-glucosylation in PAINS membrane-interfering behavior, we disclose herein the first synthesis of 4-glucosylresveratrol, starting from 5-hydroxymethylbenzene-1,3-diol, via C-glucosylation, oxidation and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination, and resynthesize phloretin and genistein C-glucosides. We show that C-glucosylation generates compounds which are no longer able to modify membrane dipole potential. Therefore, it can be devised as a strategy to generate bioactive natural product derivatives that no longer act as membrane dipole potential modifiers. Our results offer a new technology towards rescuing bioactive polyphenols from their PAINS danger label through C-C ligation of sugars.
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- Ana Marta de Matos
- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
- Facultad de Ciencias y Artes, Universidad Católica Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila (UCAV), 05005, Avila, Spain
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Mass Spectrometry Facility, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Frias MA, Disalvo EA. Breakdown of classical paradigms in relation to membrane structure and functions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1863:183512. [PMID: 33202248 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Updates of the mosaic fluid membrane model implicitly sustain the paradigms that bilayers are closed systems conserving a state of fluidity and behaving as a dielectric slab. All of them are a consequence of disregarding water as part of the membrane structure and its essential role in the thermodynamics and kinetics of membrane response to bioeffectors. A correlation of the thermodynamic properties with the structural features of water makes possible to introduce the lipid membrane as a responsive structure due to the relaxation of water rearrangements in the kinetics of bioeffectors' interactions. This analysis concludes that the lipid membranes are open systems and, according to thermodynamic of irreversible formalism, bilayers and monolayers can be reasonable compared under controlled conditions. The inclusion of water in the complex structure makes feasible to reconsider the concept of dielectric slab and fluidity.
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- M A Frias
- Applied Biophysics and Food Research Center, CIBAAL-UNSE-CONICET, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
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- Applied Biophysics and Food Research Center, CIBAAL-UNSE-CONICET, Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
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Rokitskaya TI, Kotova EA, Luzhkov VB, Kirsanov RS, Aleksandrova EV, Korshunova GA, Tashlitsky VN, Antonenko YN. Lipophilic ion aromaticity is not important for permeability across lipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1863:183483. [PMID: 33002452 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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To clarify the contribution of charge delocalization in a lipophilic ion to the efficacy of its permeation through a lipid membrane, we compared the behavior of alkyl derivatives of triphenylphosphonium, tricyclohexylphosphonium and trihexylphosphonium both in natural and artificial membranes. Exploring accumulation of the lipophilic cations in response to inside-negative membrane potential generation in mitochondria by using an ion-selective electrode revealed similar mitochondrial uptake of butyltricyclohexylphosphonium (C4TCHP) and butyltriphenylphosphonium (C4TPP). Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy also demonstrated similar membrane potential-dependent accumulation of fluorescein derivatives of tricyclohexyldecylphosphonium and decyltriphenylphosphonium in mitochondria. The rate constant of lipophilic cation translocation across the bilayer lipid membrane (BLM), measured by the current relaxation method, moderately increased in the following sequence: trihexyltetradecylphosphonium ([P6,6,6,14]) < triphenyltetradecylphosphonium (C14TPP) < tricyclohexyldodecylphosphonium (C12TCHP). In line with these results, measurements of the BLM stationary conductance indicated that membrane permeability for C4TCHP is 2.5 times higher than that for C4TPP. Values of the difference in the free energy of ion solvation in water and octane calculated using the density functional theory and the polarizable continuum solvent model were similar for methyltriphenylphosphonium, tricyclohexylmethylphosphonium and trihexylmethylphosphonium. Our results prove that both cyclic and aromatic moieties are not necessary for lipophilic ions to effectively permeate through lipid membranes.
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- Tatyana I Rokitskaya
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Kinetics of Chemical and Biological Processes, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, acad. Semenov av. 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia; Department of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Shen H, Wu Z, Zou X. Interfacial Water Structure at Zwitterionic Membrane/Water Interface: The Importance of Interactions between Water and Lipid Carbonyl Groups. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:18080-18090. [PMID: 32743182 PMCID: PMC7391366 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) bilayer were carried out to investigate the effect of water models on membrane dipole potential, which is primarily associated with the preferential orientation of molecular dipoles at the membrane-water interface. We discovered that the overestimation of the dipole potential by the TIPS3P water model can be effectively reduced by the TIP4P water model. On the one hand, the TIP4P water model decreases the negative contribution of lipid to the dipole potential through influencing the orientation of lipid headgroups. On the other hand, the TIP4P water model reduces the positive contribution of water to the dipole potential by increasing the preference of H-down orientation (the water dipole orients toward the bilayer center). Interestingly, the TIP4P water model affects the orientation of interfacial water molecules more obviously than that of lipid headgroups, leading to the decrease in the dipole potential. Furthermore, the MD results revealed that the water close to the positively charged choline (namely, N-associated water) prefers the H-down orientation while the water around the negatively charged phosphate (namely, P-associated water) favors the H-up orientation, in support of recent experimental and MD studies. However, interfacial water molecules are more strongly influenced by the phosphate groups than by the choline groups, resulting in the net H-up orientation (the water dipole orients toward the bilayer center) in the region of lipid headgroups. In addition, it is intriguing that the preference of H-up orientation decreases when water molecules penetrate more deeply into the lipid bilayer. This is attributed to the counteracting effect of lipid carbonyl groups, and the effect varies with the lipid chains (oleoyl and palmitoyl chains), suggesting the important role of lipid carbonyl groups.
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- Hujun Shen
- Guizhou
Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science,
Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced
Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education
University, No. 115,
Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
- Guizhou
University of Finance and Economics, School of Information, University City of Huaxi District, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P. R. China
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- Guizhou
University of Finance and Economics, School of Information, University City of Huaxi District, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P. R. China
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- Guizhou
Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science,
Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced
Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education
University, No. 115,
Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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Efimova SS, Zakharova AA, Ostroumova OS. Alkaloids Modulate the Functioning of Ion Channels Produced by Antimicrobial Agents via an Influence on the Lipid Host. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:537. [PMID: 32695785 PMCID: PMC7339123 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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It is widely recognized that an alteration in membrane physical properties induced by the adsorption of various drugs and biologically active compounds might greatly affect the functioning of peptides and proteins embedded in the membrane, in particular various ion channels. This study aimed to obtain deep insight into the diversity of the molecular mechanisms of membrane action of one of the most numerous and extremely important class of phytochemicals, the alkaloids. Protoalkaloids (derivatives of β-phenylethylamine, benzylamines, and colchicines), heterocyclic alkaloids (derivatives of purine, quinolysidine, piperidine, pyridine, quinoline, and isoquinoline), and steroid alkaloids were tested. We evaluated the effects of 22 compounds on lipid packing by investigating the thermotropic behavior of membrane lipids and the leakage of a fluorescent marker from unilamellar lipid vesicles. The alteration in the transmembrane distribution of the electrical potential was estimated by measuring the alkaloid induced changes in the boundary potential of planar lipid bilayers. We found that benzylamines, the chili pepper active components, capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin, strongly affect not only the elastic properties of the lipid host, but also its electrostatics by dramatic decrease in membrane dipole potential. We concluded that the increase in the conductance and lifetime of gramicidin A channels induced by benzylamines was related to alteration in membrane dipole potential not to decrease in membrane stiffness. A sharp decrease in the lifetime of single ion pores induced by the antifungal lipopeptide syringomycin E, after addition of benzylamines and black pepper alkaloid piperine, was also mainly due to the reduction in dipole potential. At the same time, we showed that the disordering of membrane lipids in the presence of benzylamines and piperine plays a decisive role in the regulation of the conductance induced by the antifungal polyene macrolide antibiotic nystatin, while the inhibition of steady-state transmembrane current produced by the antimicrobial peptide cecropin A was attributed to both the dipole potential drop and membrane lipid disordering in the presence of pepper alkaloids. These data might lead to a better understanding of the biological activity of alkaloids, especially their action on voltage-gated and mechanosensitive ion channels in cell membranes.
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- Svetlana S Efimova
- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Cetuk H, Maramba J, Britt M, Scott AJ, Ernst RK, Mihailescu M, Cotten ML, Sukharev S. Differential Interactions of Piscidins with Phospholipids and Lipopolysaccharides at Membrane Interfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:5065-5077. [PMID: 32306736 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Piscidins 1 and 3 (P1 and P3) are potent antimicrobial peptides isolated from striped bass. Their mechanism of action involves formation of amphipathic α-helices on contact with phospholipids and destabilization of the microbial cytoplasmic membrane. The peptides are active against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, suggesting easy passage across the outer membrane. Here, we performed a comparative study of these two piscidins at the air-water interface on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) monolayers modeling the outer bacterial surface of Gram-negative organisms and on phospholipid monolayers, which mimic the inner membrane. The results show that P1 and P3 are highly surface active (log KAW ∼ 6.8) and have similar affinities to phospholipid monolayers (log Klip ≈ 7.7). P1, which is more potent against Gram negatives, exhibits a much stronger partitioning into LPS monolayers (log KLPS = 8.3). Pressure-area isotherms indicate that under increasing lateral pressures, inserted P1 repartitions from phospholipid monolayers back to the subphase or to a more shallow position with in-plane areas of ∼170 Å2 per peptide, corresponding to fully folded amphipathic α-helices. In contrast, peptide expulsion from LPS occurs with areas of ∼35 Å2, suggesting that the peptides may not form the similarly oriented, rigid secondary structures when they avidly intercalate between LPS molecules. Patch-clamp experiments on Escherichia coli spheroplasts show that when P1 and P3 reach the outer surface of the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, they produce fluctuating conductive structures at voltages above 80 mV. The data suggests that the strong activity of these piscidins against Gram-negative bacteria begins with the preferential accumulation of peptides in the outer LPS layer followed by penetration into the periplasm, where they form stable amphipathic α-helices upon contact with phospholipids and attack the energized inner membrane.
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- Hannah Cetuk
- Biology Department, University of Maryland-College Park, 4094 Campus Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Biology Department, University of Maryland-College Park, 4094 Campus Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Biology Department, University of Maryland-College Park, 4094 Campus Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department of Applied Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, United States
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- Biology Department, University of Maryland-College Park, 4094 Campus Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Li S, Wu L, Zhang X, Jiang X. The Structure of Water Bonded to Phosphate Groups at the Electrified Zwitterionic Phospholipid Membranes/Aqueous Interface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:6627-6630. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Shanshan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230029 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230029 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230029 P. R. China
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Li S, Wu L, Zhang X, Jiang X. The Structure of Water Bonded to Phosphate Groups at the Electrified Zwitterionic Phospholipid Membranes/Aqueous Interface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202000511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Shanshan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230029 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230029 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022, Jilin China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230029 P. R. China
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Srivastava A, Malik S, Karmakar S, Debnath A. Dynamic coupling of a hydration layer to a fluid phospholipid membrane: intermittency and multiple time-scale relaxations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:21158-21168. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02803g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding the coupling of a hydration layer and a lipid membrane is crucial to gaining access to membrane dynamics and understanding its functionality towards various biological processes.
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- Abhinav Srivastava
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
- Rajasthan
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
- Rajasthan
- India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- Hyderabad 500107
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
- Rajasthan
- India
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Rao BD, Chakraborty H, Chaudhuri A, Chattopadhyay A. Differential sensitivity of pHLIP to ester and ether lipids. Chem Phys Lipids 2019; 226:104849. [PMID: 31836521 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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pH (low) insertion peptide (pHLIP) is a polypeptide from the third transmembrane helix of bacteriorhodopsin. The pH-dependent membrane insertion of pHLIP has been conveniently exploited for translocation of cargo molecules and as a novel imaging agent in cancer biology due to low extracellular pH in cancer tissues. Although the application of pHLIP for imaging tumor and targeted drug delivery is well studied, literature on pHLIP-membrane interaction is relatively less studied. Keeping this in mind, we explored the differential interaction of pHLIP with ester and ether lipid membranes utilizing fluorescence and CD spectroscopy. We report, for the first time, higher binding affinity of pHLIP toward ether lipid relative to ester lipid membranes. There results gain relevance since Halobacterium halobium (source of bacteriorhodopsin) is enriched with ether lipids. In addition, we monitored the difference in microenvironment around pHLIP tryptophans utilizing red edge excitation shift and observed increased motional restriction of water molecules in the interfacial region in ether lipid membranes. These changes were accompanied with increase in helicity of pHLIP in ether lipid relative to ester lipid membranes. Our results assume further relevance since ether lipids are upregulated in cancer cells and have emerged as potential biomarkers of various diseases including cancer.
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- Bhagyashree D Rao
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500 007, India; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500 007, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500 007, India; School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha, 768 019, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500 007, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500 007, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201 002, India.
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Rózsa ZB, Németh LJ, Jójárt B, Nehéz K, Viskolcz B, Szőri M. Molecular Dynamics and Metadynamics Insights of 1,4-Dioxane-Induced Structural Changes of Biomembrane Models. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7869-7884. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b04313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Zsófia Borbála Rózsa
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Miskolc, Egyetemváros A/2, H-3515 Miskolc, Hungary
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- Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Szeged, Mars tér 7, 6724 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Szeged, Mars tér 7, 6724 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Miskolc, Miskolc-Egyetemváros Informatics Building, H-3515 Miskolc, Hungary
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Miskolc, Egyetemváros A/2, H-3515 Miskolc, Hungary
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Miskolc, Egyetemváros A/2, H-3515 Miskolc, Hungary
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Shen H, Zhao K, Wu Z. Effects of Ether Linkage on Membrane Dipole Potential and Cholesterol Flip-Flop Motion in Lipid Bilayer Membranes. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7818-7828. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hujun Shen
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education University No.115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
- Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, School of Information, University City of Huaxi District, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P. R. China
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- Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, School of Information, University City of Huaxi District, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P. R. China
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- Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, School of Information, University City of Huaxi District, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P. R. China
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Kruczek J, Chiu SW, Varma S, Jakobsson E, Pandit SA. Interactions of Monovalent and Divalent Cations at Palmitoyl-Oleoyl-Phosphatidylcholine Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:10522-10532. [PMID: 31337218 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Li+ is a biologically active and medically important cation. Experiments show that Li+ modulates some phospholipid bilayer properties in a manner similar to divalent cations, rather than other monovalent cations. We previously performed a comparative simulation study of the interaction of several monovalent cations with palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine bilayers and reported that Li+ exhibited the highest association with lipids and formed a unique tetrahedral coordinated structure with lipid head groups. Here we extend these studies to two biologically important divalent cations, Mg2+ and Ca2+, and observe that, just like monovalent cations, Mg2+ and Ca2+ reduce bilayer areas and increase chain order. Bilayer area changes induced by cations are strongly correlated with the amount of charge inside the headgroup region; however, Mg2+ and Li+ are clear outliers. At the same time though, Mg2+ adsorption in the bilayer is the smallest among all cations, which is in contrast to Li+ that binds strongly to lipids. In fact, in contrast to all other cations, Mg2+ remains fully hydrated in the lipid headgroup region. However, Li+ and Mg2+ share high overlap between their inner-shell coordination topologies. This suggests that Li+ can structurally replace Mg2+, which is bound to other biomolecules with up to fourfold coordination, provided such replacement is energetically feasible. We compute structural topologies and compare them quantitatively using a new weighted-graphs-based method. Finally, we find that the specificity of cation interaction with lipid head groups exhibit consistent trend with the solvation shell energetics of ions in lipid headgroup and bulk water regions.
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Prislan I, Lokar M, Zirdum M, Valant J, Poklar Ulrih N. Contribution of headgroup and chain length of glycerophospholipids to thermal stability and permeability of liposomes loaded with calcein. Chem Phys Lipids 2019; 225:104807. [PMID: 31390525 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Biological membranes are complex systems that are composed of lipids, proteins and carbohydrates. They are difficult to study, so it is established practice to use lipid vesicles that consist of closed 'shells' of phospholipid bilayers as model systems to study various functional and structural aspects of lipid organisation. To define the effects of the structural properties of lipid vesicles on their phase behaviour, we investigated their headgroup and chain length, and the chemical bonds by which their acyl chains are attached to the glycerol moiety of glycerophospholipid species, in terms of phase transition temperature, enthalpy change and calcein permeability. We used differential scanning calorimetry to measure the temperature and enthalpy changes of phase transition, and fluorescence to follow calcein release through the bilayer structure. Our data show that longer acyl chains increase the stability of the lipid bilayers, whereas higher salt concentrations decrease the thermal stability and widen the phase transitions of these lipid bilayers. We discuss the possible reasons for the observed phase transition behaviour.
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- Iztok Prislan
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Jiménez-Rojo N, Riezman H. On the road to unraveling the molecular functions of ether lipids. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:2378-2389. [PMID: 31166014 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ether lipids are glycerolipids further classified into alkyl-ether and alkenyl-ether (also termed plasmalogens) lipids. The two ether lipid subclasses share the first steps of their synthesis. However, alkyl-ether and alkenyl-ether lipids differ in their structure and physico-chemical properties (featuring different head groups) and, thus, probably in their functions. Ether lipids have intermittent distribution across the evolutionary tree and defects in their synthesis have been shown to perturb cellular homeostasis and lead to disease in humans. Here, we review their structure, their interactions with other lipids, and their potential roles in cellular functions, such as membrane homeostasis and membrane trafficking. Moreover, we discuss still unclear aspects of these lipids such as their subcellular distribution, and the need to unravel their molecular functions as well as how novel tools to study lipid biology will help clarify these aspects.
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- Noemi Jiménez-Rojo
- NCCR Chemical Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- NCCR Chemical Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Saunders M, Steele M, Lavigne W, Varma S, Pandit SA. Interaction of salt with ether- and ester-linked phospholipid bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:907-915. [PMID: 30742804 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A distinguishing feature of Archaeal plasma membranes is that their phospholipids contain ether-links, as opposed to bacterial and eukaryotic plasma membranes where phospholipids primarily contain ester-links. Experiments show that this chemical difference in headgroup-tail linkage does produce distinct differences in model bilayer properties. Here we examine the effects of salt on bilayer structure in the case of an ether-linked lipid bilayer. We use molecular dynamics simulations and compare equilibrium properties of two model lipid bilayers in NaCl salt solution - POPC and its ether-linked analog that we refer to as HOPC. We make the following key observations. The headgroup region of HOPC "adsorbs" fewer ions compared to the headgroup region of POPC. Consistent with this, we note that the Debye screening length in the HOPC system is ∼ 10% shorter than that in the POPC system. Herein, we introduce a protocol to identify the lipid-water interfacial boundary that reproduces the bulk salt distribution consistent with Gouy-Chapman theory. We also note that the HOPC bilayer has excess solvent in the headgroup region when compared to POPC, coinciding with a trough in the electrostatic potential. Waters in this region have longer autocorrelation times and smaller lateral diffusion rates compared to the corresponding region in the POPC bilayer, suggesting that the waters in HOPC are more strongly coordinated to the lipid headgroups. Furthermore, we note that it is this region of tightly coordinated waters in the HOPC system that has a lower density of Na+ ions. Based on these observations we conclude that an ether-linked lipid bilayer has a lower binding affinity for Na+ compared to an ester-linked lipid bilayer.
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- Matthew Saunders
- Department of Cell biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States of America.
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States of America
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- Department of Cell biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States of America; Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States of America.
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Spontaneous solute and solvent permeation through membranes is of vital importance to human life, be it gas exchange in red blood cells, metabolite excretion, drug/toxin uptake, or water homeostasis. Knowledge of the underlying molecular mechanisms is the sine qua non of every functional assignment to membrane transporters. The basis of our current solubility diffusion model was laid by Meyer and Overton. It correlates the solubility of a substance in an organic phase with its membrane permeability. Since then, a wide range of studies challenging this rule have appeared. Commonly, the discrepancies have their origin in ill-used measurement approaches, as we demonstrate on the example of membrane CO2 transport. On the basis of the insight that scanning electrochemical microscopy offered into solute concentration distributions in immediate membrane vicinity of planar membranes, we analyzed the interplay between chemical reactions and diffusion for solvent transport, weak acid permeation, and enzymatic reactions adjacent to membranes. We conclude that buffer reactions must also be considered in spectroscopic investigations of weak acid transport in vesicular suspensions. The evaluation of energetic contributions to membrane translocation of charged species demonstrates the compatibility of the resulting membrane current with the solubility diffusion model. A local partition coefficient that depends on membrane penetration depth governs spontaneous membrane translocation of both charged and uncharged molecules. It is determined not only by the solubility in an organic phase but also by other factors like cholesterol concentration and intrinsic electric membrane potentials.
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- Christof Hannesschlaeger
- From the Institute of Biophysics , Johannes Kepler University Linz , Gruberstrasse 40 , 4020 Linz , Austria
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- From the Institute of Biophysics , Johannes Kepler University Linz , Gruberstrasse 40 , 4020 Linz , Austria
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- From the Institute of Biophysics , Johannes Kepler University Linz , Gruberstrasse 40 , 4020 Linz , Austria
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Leonard AN, Wang E, Monje-Galvan V, Klauda JB. Developing and Testing of Lipid Force Fields with Applications to Modeling Cellular Membranes. Chem Rev 2019; 119:6227-6269. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gong L, Xiang L, Zhang J, Han L, Wang J, Wang X, Liu J, Yan B, Zeng H. Interaction Mechanisms of Zwitterions with Opposite Dipoles in Aqueous Solutions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:2842-2853. [PMID: 30691265 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b04091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Zwitterionic groups have been widely used in antibiofouling surfaces to resist nonspecific adsorption of proteins and other biomolecules. The interactions among zwitterionic groups have attracted considerable attention in bioengineering, whereas the understanding of their nanomechanical mechanism still remains limited. In this work, the interaction mechanisms between two zwitterionic groups with opposite dipoles, i.e., phosphorylcholine (PC) and sulfobetaine (SB), have been investigated via direct force measurements using an atomic force microscope (AFM) and dynamic adsorption tests using the quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring technique (QCM-D) in aqueous solutions. The AFM force measurements show that the adhesive forces between contacted zwitterionic surfaces during separation in both symmetric and asymmetric configurations were close, mainly due to the enforced alignment of opposing dipole pairs via complementary orientations under confinement. The solution salinity and pH had almost negligible influence on the adhesion measured during surface separation. The QCM-D adsorption tests of PC-headed lipid on PC and SB surfaces showed some degree of adsorption of lipid molecules on the SB surface, whereas not on the PC surface. The different adsorption behaviors indicate that because the outermost negatively charged sulfonic group on the SB faced the aqueous solution, this configuration could facilitate it to form an attractive electrostatic interaction with the PC head of lipid molecules in the solution. This work shows that in addition to hydration and steric interactions, the zwitterionic dipole-induced interactions play an important role in the adhesion and antifouling behaviors of the zwitterionic molecules and surfaces. The improved fundamental understanding provides useful insights into the development of new functional materials and coatings with antifouling applications.
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- Lu Gong
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
- College of Health Science and Environmental Engineering , Shenzhen Technology University , Shenzhen 518118 , China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
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- College of Material Science & Engineering, Heavy Machinery Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry , Taiyuan University of Science and Technology , Taiyuan 030024 , China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital , Guangzhou Medical University , Guangzhou , Guangdong 510700 , China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
- College of Light Industry, Textile & Food Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
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Garcia A, Zou H, Hossain KR, Xu QH, Buda A, Clarke RJ. Polar Interactions Play an Important Role in the Energetics of the Main Phase Transition of Phosphatidylcholine Membranes. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:518-527. [PMID: 31459346 PMCID: PMC6648055 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b03102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Conformational changes of membrane proteins are accompanied by deformation in the surrounding lipid bilayer. To gain insight into the energetics of membrane deformation, the phase behavior of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) membranes in the presence of the dipole potential, ψd, modifiers was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. 7-Ketocholesterol, which weakens ψd and reduces membrane-perpendicular dipole-dipole repulsion, causes a discrete second peak on the high-temperature side of the main transition, whereas 6-ketocholestanol, which strengthens ψd and increases membrane-perpendicular dipole-dipole repulsion, merely produces a shoulder. Measurements on pure DMPC vesicles showed that the observed temperature profile could not be explained by a single endothermic process, that is, breaking of van der Waals forces between hydrocarbon chains alone. Removal of NaCl from the buffer caused an increase in the main transition temperature and the appearance of an obvious shoulder, implicating polar interactions. Consideration of the phosphatidylcholine (PC) head group dipole moment indicates direct interactions between PC dipoles that are unlikely to account for the additional process. It seems more likely that the breaking of an in-plane hydrogen-bonded network consisting of hydrating water dipoles together with zwitterionic lipid head groups is responsible. The evidence presented supports the idea that the breaking of van der Waals forces between lipid tails required for the main phase transition of PC membranes is coupled to partial breaking of a hydrogen-bonded network at the membrane surface.
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- Alvaro Garcia
- School
of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- The
University of Sydney Nano Institute, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- The
University of Sydney Nano Institute, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Functional Hydration Behavior: Interrelation between Hydration and Molecular Properties at Lipid Membrane Interfaces. J CHEM-NY 2019. [DOI: 10.1155/2019/4867327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Water is an abundant commodity and has various important functions. It stabilizes the structure of biological macromolecules, controls biochemical activities, and regulates interfacial/intermolecular interactions. Common aspects of interfacial water can be obtained by overviewing fundamental functions and properties at different temporal and spatial scales. It is important to understand the hydrogen bonding and structural properties of water and to evaluate the individual molecular species having different hydration properties. Water molecules form hydrogen bonds with biomolecules and contribute to the adjustment of their properties, such as surface charge, hydrophilicity, and structural flexibility. In this review, the fundamental properties of water molecules and the methods used for the analyses of water dynamics are summarized. In particular, the interrelation between the hydration properties, determined by molecules, and the properties of molecules, determined by their hydration properties, are discussed using the lipid membrane as an example. Accordingly, interesting water functions are introduced that provide beneficial information in the fields of biochemistry, medicine, and food chemistry.
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Effect of Cholesterol on the Dipole Potential of Lipid Membranes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1115:135-154. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04278-3_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mallikarjunaiah KJ, Kinnun JJ, Petrache HI, Brown MF. Flexible lipid nanomaterials studied by NMR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:18422-18457. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06179c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Advances in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy inform the emergence of material properties from atomistic-level interactions in membrane lipid nanostructures.
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- K. J. Mallikarjunaiah
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Arizona
- Tucson
- USA
- Department of Physics
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- Department of Physics
- Indiana University-Purdue University
- Indianapolis
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Indiana University-Purdue University
- Indianapolis
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Arizona
- Tucson
- USA
- Department of Physics
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